TPT May 2012

I ndustry N ews

Bureau in Cairo moves to Dubai and becomes sales and service office

IN January 2012 Sikora established the Sikora Middle East office, based in Dubai, UAE. The office supports customers in service as well as sales questions. In 2008 Sikora opened a service bureau in Cairo, Egypt to optimally serve customers in the Arabic region. Due to the continued political tensions in that region the headquarters moved to Dubai. Head of Sikora Middle East is Karim El Nahas. Previously, he was responsible for the service bureau in Cairo. The office in Dubai INDUSTRIAL Magnetics Inc, a designer and manufacturer of innovative magnetic lifting, fixturing, conveying and separation solutions for a wide variety of industries, has announced that the company booked 11,813 orders in 2011, setting a record high. “As we celebrated our 50 th year in business in 2011, we could not have been more pleased to also celebrate a record number of orders and the highest grossing year in our company’s history,” states IMI’s general manager, Dennis O’Leary.

offers Sikora the opportunity to optimally fulfil the increasing demands of Arabic customers with individual service and reliable customer support. Customers receive service from 11 Sikora offices worldwide to assure a quick and reliable customer service. They work together with more than 30 regional representatives worldwide.

Sikora AG – Germany Email: sales@sikora.net Website: www.sikora.net Record number of orders in 2011 Karim El Nahas is head of Sikora Middle East

“I think our dedication to providing the right product for the application, at the right time for our customer has been an integral part of our success.” Bud Shear, president, adds: “We are extremely grateful to our customers, suppliers and employees who support our mission of being an organisation that’s recognised for product quality, ethical values and expertise, as well as the best source of creative solutions and products in the industries and markets we serve. We’re looking forward to what’s already

starting out as another promising year.” Since 1961, Industrial Magnetics, Inc has been an industry leader in providing innovative permanent and electromagnetic solutions to meet the exact needs of applications in the automotive, appliance, metalworking, food processing, packaging, aggregate, mining, recycling industries and more.

Industrial Magnetics – USA Email: doleary@magnetics.com Website: www.magnetics.com

Ameritherm rebrands to Ambrell AMERITHERM, an induction heating systems provider, has announced that it is rebranding to “Ambrell – an Ameritherm company” worldwide. TheAmbrell brand was introduced outside of the USA several years ago thanks to considerable international growth, and the updated branding enables Ambrell to exhibit one unified brand across the world. 10,000 system installations in more than 50 countries. That demand has necessitated several expansion projects at its global headquarters in suburban Rochester, New York while sales and laboratory offices have been added around the globe. they will see the same branding. “This rebranding effort is driven by our rapid international growth,” says chief executive officer Richard Rosenbloom. “We will now have one face around the world, so customers who operate internationally will see the same brand at each site and know they’re working with the same great systems. However, the Ameritherm name will not be forgotten, as Ambrell is and always will be an Ameritherm company.” Ambrell – USA Website: www.ambrell.com Ameritherm was founded on the philosophy of delivering induction heating solutions with superior responsiveness. That philosophy has enabled the company to grow into an organisation with more than With a single brand and a unified message displayed across the world, it will help facilitate further growth. Cheltenham Induction Heating rebranded to Ambrell Ltd in 2011 and now withAmeritherm rebranded to Ambrell, all of the Ameritherm companies will be unified with Ambrell branding. So regardless of where a customer operates,

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